Baling-press.



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BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1512.

1,038,248. Patented Sept. 10,1912.

w l TNA-5555 Y IN VEA/TGR J 25% GUSTAVE WENZELMNN, OF (rALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept., 10, 1912.

Application led March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,032.

To all whom z' may' concern:

Be it linown that I, GUSTAVE 'WENZEL MANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Balin -Press, of which the following is a speci cation.

My present invent-ion relates to that class of presses which are commonly employed for baling paper, rags, etc., and in which the material is first placed wit-hin the box orcasing, then compacted by a rammer, and which materialreceives the final compression from a screwactuated follower or platen.

The leading object ofthe invention is to provide for quick movement of the crossbeam or screw-beam whereby it may be shifted from its central .(or normal and operative position to a position at the rear edge o the box, where it will not in the least degree interfere with the operation of manually packing or ramming the material being operated upon, and from which posit-ion it may be as quickly shifted back to the one for operation.

Also it is an object to provide simple-and unique coacting means whereby when the removable door is laid down, the bale may be slid thereover, the door then performing the functions of a skid. f,

Minor objects will be in part pointed out.

To the end of carrying out these ends and objects the invention consists in constructions and combinations hereinafter described and claimed. u In carrying out the above generally stated objects of the invention, it will be understood, of course, that the essential features of the'same are susceptible of changes in details, structure, and structural arrange ments, certain practical and preferred embodiments of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective, the door shown in two positions, in both of', which it -is partly broken away; Fig. 2, afragmental perspective detail of the rightl hand rear upper corner; Fig. 3, a fragmental perspec- .tive det-ail of the lower portion of the door, seen from the rear side thereof; and Fig. 4, a transverse central sectional detail of the screw-bar.

The same reference numeral wherever applied, designates the same part in each of the views.

j 2 indicates the bottom, 3, 3, the sides, and the`l back'of the press-box, which may be ,united by brackets 5, 5', and nails 12, or in any other preferred. manner. A pair of hooks 6, 6 are suit-ably secured in the lower part of the box and their rect-singularly bent' ends constitute keepers for the lower end of a door 8, the inner face of which is provided with a transverse recess 9 for a purpose presently described. Fixed to and cen trally of the upper portion of each side is a loop 10, open toward the rear.

Fixe-d to and near the outer corners of the back 4 are a pair of bent brackets 11, the horizontal arms of which act as guides for the cross or screw-beam 13, which is provided with transverse apertures which loosely receive said arms, whereby the beam may slide freely back and forth thereon. Said beam is provided also with a pair of vertically arranged apertures for the4 reception of bolts 15, the lower ends of which are engaged bynuts 16, and the stems of which are adapted to slide into the loops 10. The nuts 16 are of greater cross-sectional area thanI is the opening in the loops and thereby restrain the screw-beam from rising when the press is in operation.

VThe beam 13 is vertically and centrally bored and threaded for the reception and engagement of a screw 17, the point of which.turns on a block 18 suitably secured on the platen or follower 19 which is provided with bale-wire-receiving apertures 2O extending from front to rear thereof in the usual manner.

21 designates a ll"-head suitably secured on the upper. end of the screw 17, and 22 is the usual sweep or handle.

Fixed on each side 3 and projecting thereabove are a pair of staples or eyes 24, each of which not only acts as a stop forcenter- -ing the beain' Vv13 transversely of the press-v box, but inasmuch as said eyes receive the ffl-ee ends of the arms of the brackets llth'cv Assume 'the several, parts,"except` Ther material, as paper or rags, -Inayjthenbe placed infthe box, practically all'of the' top of whichs open, anda rammer of any suitable character may be employed tok'zom-f jjpress it. ,n Successive charges havingbeen thusv placed; and rammed,- until a 'quantity suiiicient to make a suitable bale is held" withinsithe box, the followerf'may be laid.

thereupon and the beam 17 drawn for-1 wardly,"which act vwill cause the screw17 Y and connected parts to also move forwardly.

Tlista les'24 and rods 11 will act as herein-l f be'foref "escribed to .stop the beam and screw in-central position, ready for the usual op# "'erationof final Acompression, whi'chisl complished, 4inthe usualmanner, turning the soreW"17- in the threads126j( ig. 4)in the-,beam'.'""A nutlor anyY other means ordif naijily. lemployed 'forxthevpurpose may .be

v (of the screw and the 'material' being placed centrally. of .the beam -butas such threads 26,1 havenotdeemed' it necessary to illustrate fit. While the opposed .pressures ressed )i are exerting'themselves, the'stress i" 1s,0f'course,lp1aced .on the beam 13'.1 .Unless provided for'restraining' some' means were hescrew ,was turned, but

1.6"taking against the keeperlO. en the bale has been completely pressed the latches 27, .Which arepivote'd 'at 28 to Athe'sides 3, are swung free from the is ythen lifted from' the ooks 6 and aiterhavin been, reversed or turned face about, is

laid own"A as shown by the'dotted lines, 1n

which position the hooks 6 are engaging the` slot 9. The ends of the tie-wires 25'having been-'secured in yany preferred manner, the

` t screw may be turned to release the' pressure on the follower and bale, whereupon the latter may beftip edover on its sidefand o nto the door 8, t efside'rails'- 8 of which will then act as a skid. It will be manifest `that in such position the bale maybe easily drawn therealong without moving the door,

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ins '29'. The door:

. havingil an open endi it being held by the hooks `6. Indeed, the door may be used as a rack on which the bale maybe readily carried.

Having'thus described the construction and'operation, the purposes and advantages `of'my invention, I claim as new and desire to'securebyLetters Patent the following, namelyz c A baling-presscomprising a press-box an'fopen end, a beam crossing said ;open. end,jbent',rods secured to said box and z-awportionp-of each disposed horizontally above;it, said beam slidably mounted on :said rods "sta lesfprojectmgf-above said box for-nmaing ii e forward movement of said beam and for receiving the endsof 'said rods,"hooks"se'c'ured to said box andhaving ,their openings directed rearwardly, vertically disposedrods carried by said beam and their stems adapted4 to engage said hooks,

nuts on the `lower portions 'of the last recited rods and beneath the" plane of said hooks, 'whereby said beam is prevented from rislng when in operativeposition, and com# pressmg'means loperz'itively Iand shiftably connected with said beam'.

' 2; A `balingpress'comp1'ising a press-box having' an'openside, a follower-block within sai box and adapted to 'pass-through said open side, means for4 actuating it, hooks secured'tosaidbox and'having upturned ends projected= forwardly-therefrom, a door `adapted to restin Asaid hooks and Ato close' said openingaid door provided with a slot f initsmner portion, vadapted to be engaged by said hooks: whenthefdoor is prone and turned faceabout, 'and means for securing which"n'iacketsf'saidl 'beam may be shifted' -the upperportion of the door to said press-I would be ."m'erely 'a'` rnodiication,= of the box forwardlyandfback 'acrossv said' end and '4*- which bracketslimit its rearward movement, and com ression means including' a screw operative y engaged' and shiftablwith seid 4. Albani-presse@ signings-tta havingany open end, a am crossinv ysaid end,` bent Ybrackets iixed to andnear t e upand which brackets' limit its rearward move# ment, means for preventing the beamr'olnl `rslng'when' inoperative position, and comeoted'forvardly,"n whichv bracketss'aid beam may be' shifted forwardly andback-ff' and projected forwardly, on which brackets said beam may be shifted forwardly and baek'and which limit its rearward movement, and Compression means includinga screw engaged and shiftable with said beam.

6. A baling-press comprising a press-box havingan open end, a beam crossing said end, means on which it may be shifted across said end, compression means including a screw supported by and operatively engaged with said beam, a loop fixed to each s1de of 

